Well i just got home to find a facebook message from a dear friend, who's father passed away on my Birthday last week.
This man was the guy who got me into motorbikes in the first place, and was someone who i spent hundreds of hours in a cold old shed, helping him to restore 2 beautiful old Ariel 500'S back in my youth. His passion for bikes was unstoppable, and my greatest memory of riding bikes is him giving me the honour of riding one of these bikes in an Historic Rally, when just 17.
I learnt so much about bikes & life from this man, he was like a second dad.
Have not seen him for many years, as the whole family moved a long way away. But i know he was riding one of these beautiful old bikes the day he fell ill, which warms my heart, as he rode to the end.
May his soul rest in peace, Kelvin Lamshed...one of lifes true gentleman, and a biker to the end.
This man was the guy who got me into motorbikes in the first place, and was someone who i spent hundreds of hours in a cold old shed, helping him to restore 2 beautiful old Ariel 500'S back in my youth. His passion for bikes was unstoppable, and my greatest memory of riding bikes is him giving me the honour of riding one of these bikes in an Historic Rally, when just 17.
I learnt so much about bikes & life from this man, he was like a second dad.
Have not seen him for many years, as the whole family moved a long way away. But i know he was riding one of these beautiful old bikes the day he fell ill, which warms my heart, as he rode to the end.
May his soul rest in peace, Kelvin Lamshed...one of lifes true gentleman, and a biker to the end.